Liquid crystal display
AssigneeChunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
InventorChih-Chun Hsiao
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Abstract
A liquid crystal display (LCD) including a backlight module, a LCD panel, a front frame, and a light strip is provided. The backlight module includes a back plate and a light guide plate (LGP), wherein the back plate has plural sidewalls and an opening opposite to one of the sidewalls. The LGP is disposed in the back plate and suitable for passing in and out the back plate through the opening. The LGP has a light entering surface, and the opening exposes the light entering surface. The LCD panel is disposed on the back plate, and the front frame is assembled with the back plate to fix the LCD panel. The light strip is disposed on the internal wall of the front frame and between the front frame and the light entering surface of the LGP. The heat generated by the light strip can be conducted to the front frame.
Claims14
A liquid crystal display, comprising:
- a backlight module, comprising:
- a back plate, having a plurality of sidewalls and an opening, the opening being opposite to one of the sidewalls;
- a light guide plate, disposed in the back plate and directly in contact with the side walls of the back plate, the light guide plate being suitable for passing in and out the back plate through the opening, the light guide plate having a light entering surface, the opening exposing the light entering surface;
- a liquid crystal display panel, disposed on the back plate of the backlight module;
- a front frame, having a plurality of vertical sidewalls enclosing a holding space for assembling with the back plate to fix the liquid crystal display panel;
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- a light strip, disposed on the internal wall of the front frame and between the front frame and the light entering surface of the light guide plate, wherein the light strip comprising a carrier and a plurality of point light sources, the carrier is directly disposed on the inner surface of at least one of the vertical sidewalls of the front frame, and the point light sources are disposed on a surface of the carrier, such that the surface of the carrier which the point light sources disposed thereon faces to the light entering surface of the light guide plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.